Inner spring mattress and handle combination



Nov. 14, 1967 M. D. ANSON INNER SPRING MATTRESS AND HANDLE COMBINATION m1,, m 5 Q T N e. N A E Q w L S I E M A 7 e H w w n4 M Y B 1 G F FiledJune 2l, 1966 Nov. 14, 1967 -M. D. ANSON 3,351,964

INNER SPRING MATTRESS AND HANDLE-COMBINATION Filed June 21, 1966 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MICHAEL D. ANSON v BY X/ United States Patent3,351,964 INNER SPRING MATTRESS AND HANDLE COMBINATION Michael D. Anson,2311 Raleigh Lane, Louisville, Ky. 40206 Filed June 21, 1966, Ser. No.559,149 4 Claims. (Cl. -351) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE I The particularconstruction disclosed herein provides a means for attaching the coverin a centrally located position between the top and the bottom of themattress whereby the cover is held positively in position with relationto the top and bottom of the mattress.

This application is a continuation-in-part of patent application, Ser.No. 412,046, filed Nov. 18, 1964, now Patent No. 3,256,535.

This invention relates to inner spring mattress constructions and, moreparticularly, to the design of the frame and handle in combinationtherewith.

In the parent case an improved mattress and spring construction isshown.

It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention to provide animproved inner spring mattress and handle construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination mattresscover and border wire and handle construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved inner springmattress having a top border wire, a bottom border wire, and anintermediate border wire having coil springs and a cover and means forattaching said center border wire to said cover.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsof the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the 4 accompanying drawings and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minordetails of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an enlarged partial view of the spring and border wireconstruction of the mattress according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing a cover and padding in placeon the springs;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the handle with the spring shown in FIGS.1 and 2 shown in phantom; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the parts of the handle construction shownin FIG. 3.

Now with more particular reference to the drawings, the mattressconstruction shown is made up of the usual coil springs 10, top borderwire 11, bottom border wire 12, and intermediate wire 13. The top,bottom, and intermediate wires are provided with helical wires 14 whichare wrapped around the top, bottom, and intermediate border wires andeach are twisted around a turn of the helical support springs at 20, 21,and 25 of the top turn 33, intermediate turn 28, and lower turn 35respectively of the coil spring.

The top border wire and bottom border wire may be formed into agenerally rectangular frame and the helical support springs 10 at eachcorner will be attached to both the front and the end portion.Therefore, one of the coil springs 10 is disposed directly in eachcorner of the mattress. The top and bottom border wires each define aframe slightly larger than border wire 13.

3,351,964 Patented Nov. 14, 1967 The intermediate wire 13 will beconnected to the cover part by means of hog rings 18 which will extendthrough the cover part 15 after it has been pulled taut and around thecenter wire 13 and the center coil ofthe coil spring 10. These hog rings18 will be attached to each coil spring and the rings will be placed atspaced portions completely around the outer periphery of the mattress.

After this is completed, the mattress is inverted and the cover part 30is pulled taut in the same fashion overlapping cover part 15 and thecover parts 30 and 15 will be hog ringed to the center wire and theoutside coil springs by means of rings 43. Thus, the cover parts 15 and30 will be fixed to the center wire 13 as well as to the center turn ofthe coil springs adjacent thereto. Since the center wire 13 is slightlyinside a plane passing through the margin of the border wires 11 and 12,the cover parts 15 and 30 will be held slightly inside the upper andlower marginal parts.

The mattress may have the usual felt padding 16, sisal pad 17, and covermaterial 19 over the top as well as the flange cover material 15 whichmay be sewed to the cover material 19 by seam 40. The bottom covermaterial 41 may likewise be sewed to the flange cover material 30 in thesame fashion.

The handle is connected to the mattress by means of an attaching member113. Four of these handles can be provided, two on each side of amattress, or any other suitable number, depending on the taste of thedesigner. The handle has the attaching member 113 which has the hook 114at one end and the rounded hook 115 at the other end. The hook 114 hooksaround the wire 113 while the rounded hook 115 hooks around the sleeve112. The sleeve 112 is split at 117 to snap over the ring 111 and therounded hook 115 slips around the sleeve 112.

Thus, an operator can grasp two of the handles on one side of themattress and lift the side or two operators can grasp each two handleson each side of the mattress and move the mattress as desired.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferredpractical forms but the structure shown is capable of modificationwithin a range of equivalents without departing from the invention whichis to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the apendedclaims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A mattress comprising a top border wire, a bottom :border wire spacedfrom said top border wire, a center wire between said top border wireand said bottom border wire, helical support springs each having itslower end disposed generally in a plane with said bottom border wire andits top disposed in a common plane with said top border wire, saidborder wires being in the form of loops tangent to the turns of saidhelical springs, said center wire being in the form of a loop slightlysmaller than said loop defined by said top and said bottom border wires,means attaching said coil springs to said top border wire and to saidbottom border wire, sheet-like cover material disposed over saidmattress, a part of said cover extending from said top border wire tosaid bottom border wire, means connecting said cover to said centerwire, a handle attached to said center wire, said handle comprising aring,

2. The mattress recited in claim 1 wherein said means attaching saidring to said center border said first hook is a resilient member havingan end turned back on itself and resiliently engaging said attachingmember,

said first hook being adapted to snap over said intermediate borderwire.

Referenges Cited wire comprises an attaching member having a first 5UNITED STATES PATENTS hook hooked around said center border wire and a125,851 4/1872 span, 5 342 I hook hooked around Said e- 1,745,892 2/1930 Edwards 5 351 3. The m ttre s re i ed in claim 2 wher in 2,646,5801 3 M b a P 18 f di 2,782,428 2/1957 Caster 5 345 d P Sleeve 18mg Paround a Port-111 9f 10 2,798,715 4/1961 Blocker 5 351 said ring andreceiving said ring in saidsleeve, 3,055,021v 9/1962 Rymland said roundhook being disposed around said sleeve, 3,173 159 65 r said sleevehaving an intermediate reduced size portion 3256335 66 A L X receivingsaid rounded end of said attaching member. n 4. The mattress recited inclaim 3 wherein 15 DAVID J, W IAMO Y P m' y x mi er.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Examiner,

A. CALVERT, Assistant Examiner.

1. A MATTRESS COMPRISING A TOP BORDER WIRE, A BOTTOM BORDER WIRE SPACEDFROM SAID TOP BORDER WIRE, A CENTER WIRE BETWEEN SAID TOP BORDER WIREAND SAID BOTTOM BORDER WIRE, HELICAL SUPPORT SRINGS EACH HAVING ITSLOWER END DISPOSED GENERALLY IN A PLANE WITH SAID BOTTOM BORDER WIRE ANDITS TOP DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE WITH SAID TOP BORDER WIRE, SAIDBORDER WIRES BEING IN THE FORM OF LOOPS TANGENT TO THE TURNS OF SAIDHELICAL SPRINGS, SAID CENTER WIRE BEING IN THE FORM OF A LOOP SLIGHTLYSMALLER THAN SAID LOOP DEFINED BY SAID TOP AND SAID BOTTOM BORDER WIRES,